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Residents in one Chandler community want to know where their money is going and they’re voicing their concerns at an HOA board meeting being held Tuesday night at a Chandler library. “The percentage that they’re hiking it, I think it’s

Flooding sparked by rain Saturday night and Sunday morning forced dozens of people out of their homes at a Glendale condo complex. It was about 3 a.m. Sunday when the Arizona chapter of the American Red Cross got a call

Many people are switching from real grass landscapes to artificial turf because of lower water usage and less maintenance. But some Chandler residents can’t because their homeowners’ association won’t allow it. “We couldn’t keep it green, our water bills were

The City of Phoenix will no longer allow commercial haulers to fill from city hydrants for delivery outside city limits, creating concern among Desert Hills and New River residents who rely on periodic delivery of potable water. City officials say

A woman is still hoping somebody will clean a neighboring condominium where a body was found. On June 25 the Pima County Sheriff’s Department was called to check on a 74-year-old man near Orange Grove and Oracle Roads. They found

A lot of you are outraged about a law that allows you to be booted from your condo, even if you paid in full. It’s called the “termination of condominium” statute. Investors can buy up units, become majority owners and

A collection of north Scottsdale residents are calling into question a development proposal critics say is against the character of the existing neighborhood and behind-the-scene municipal moves on behalf of the developer of the project has some crying foul. Leading

Tucson Police financial crimes detectives have finished their investigation into a local Home Owner’s Association. Detectives started looking into Cuernavaca Villas’ HOA soon after a News 4 Tucson Investigation. Residents living in the community told News 4 they feared that

Residents in the Kartchner Vistas community in Benson says holes forming in the ground have turned their dream homes into nightmares. Megan Hege said she first began to notice the issue after she moved to the neighborhood around seven years

A Pinal County judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by a Maricopa resident against her homeowners association. Erin Meehan, a resident of Maricopa Meadows, filed a civil complaint last year, claiming she was harassed by the HOA board president.

A woman is complaining about the smell after a body was removed from a neighboring condominium. On June 25 the Pima County Sheriff’s Department was called to check on a 74-year-old man near Orange Grove and Oracle Roads. A deputy

You’ve heard of “wedding crashers.” But here in the Valley, it’s a different kind of crasher that’s making a splash! “From time to time, we do get calls from residents in apartment complexes or condos that there are people that

After a News 4 Tucson investigation into potentially missing money, Tucson police are now looking into a local Home Owners Association. Since it’s an open case Tucson police can’t say much about their investigation, but officials with the financial crimes

A Glendale couple was arrested after they allegedly stole about $200,000 from eight Homeowners’ Associations across the Valley. Scottsdale police report that in December of 2016 the chief executive officer of ‘The Management Trust’ was alerted by an HOA president

Green grass being replaced with rocks: sounds like a small change, but it is a change at one neighborhood park in the Valley that has some people upset. According to the Homeowners Association that manages Sandwich Park, the grass replacement

Residents of the Cuernavaca Villas housing community say they want to know what happened to potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of HOA dues. Sources say the money was managed by their former HOA president. However, when residents asked

A defamation lawsuit that accuses a homeowners association in Maricopa of slander and vandalism is being litigated in Superior Court. Erin Meehan, a resident of Maricopa Meadows, filed a civil complaint last year after she claims to have been harassed

In late March, Gov. Doug Ducey vetoed a bill regulating homeowner associations. He said the state shouldn’t get involved in how HOAs vote. But a month later, he signed another bill that regulates HOA meetings. Rep. Ken Clark, D-Phoenix, sponsor

The Sun City Home Owners Association Board of Directors heard a recommendation during its April 25 meeting to conduct its CC&R workshops on a quarterly basis beginning in the fall. They had been offered quarterly. But with each session drawing

The treasurer for Canoa Seca Estates II walked into the Green Valley substation of the Pima County Sheriff’s Department on Thursday afternoon and told deputies he was guilty of stealing $180,000 from the homeowners association, according to a PCSD spokesman.

When Haycraft hung an American flag and a rainbow flag, which honors gay and transgender communities, inside a garage window to celebrate diversity. The homeowner’s association sent him a letter five weeks later demanding Haycraft remove “unsightly items” from public

Mary Jean Lindgren said she never had a problem with her neighborhood homeowners association when she lived in the 4200 block of E. Brookwood Court in Ahwatukee for 10 years. But when her neighbor across the backyard became president of

On Tuesday, the court declined a petition submitted on behalf of Refuge Country Club owners Jerry and Cindy Aldridge requesting the court reverse previous rulings that, among other decisions, blocked plans for an RV park on the property. The possible

When a combination of environment and age give an HOA both a failing and failed tennis court, there is only one option. Well, technically there are three — but only one that completely solves the problem. That’s why the Villages

Save Club West has thrown in the towel. Blaming apathy among Club West’s 2,550 households, the group’s leader told supporters in an email on Monday, March 6, that it has abandoned its effort to find homeowners who would invest between

Some Refuge Property Owner Association members may have to hit the links elsewhere after they were recently banned from the Refuge Golf and Country Club. The announcement is the most recent fallout from the Refuge POA’s seven-year legal battle with

Maricopa County flood control experts have proposed over $1 million worth of drainage improvements to seven Ahwatukee sites where serious flooding could cause more than an estimated $2.4 million in damage to homes and businesses. But when those fixes might

Summit conferences typically draw international leaders to discuss serious policy matters, but Tumbleweed Recreation Center in Chandler was the scene of a similarly weighty confab that examined critical issues of a different sort, but on an admittedly smaller scale. The

Save Club West is a third of its way toward rounding up enough homeowners to invest in purchasing the community’s golf course. But Jim Lindstrom, the group’s leader, has one eye on the calendar as he continues to see if

Do you think your HOA is picking on you? Well, you’re not alone. Paulla thinks so too. The Phoenix woman’s home is under Kingswood HOA and her battle began two years ago stemming from a paint issue. Her HOA approved

Perhaps because ours is a young state with lots of new planned developments and condominium projects, Arizona has 8,800 homeowners associations. It’s possible you already live in an HOA or maybe you’re thinking about moving to a home with an

Some Oasis at Magic Ranch residents who sued their homeowners’ association last year have settled their case, and one plaintiff said he’s optimistic for better things ahead for the community. Residents complained that at the association’s last two annual meetings,

If you live in Arizona and are part of a homeowner association, your home can be taken away even if you make every mortgage payment on time. Arizona Revised Statute 33.1256 allows an HOA to put a lien on your

The City of Peoria’s annual Homeowners’ Association (HOA) Academy is scheduled 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 18. The program is designed to educate HOA board members, management teams and interested homeowners about maintaining homeowners associations. Read the article……………

The arrest was made Jan. 12, following a lengthy investigation. The woman is accused of using a bank debit card on the HOA account for her personal use. She also allegedly falsified financial reports in an effort to hide the

The Malibu Home Owners Association is asking city officials to close Island Park at 6 p.m. A letter submitted by the HOA to the city last month stated its intent to install entrance gates on Malibu Drive, which leads to

The City of Glendale will offer another informative Homeowners’ Association (HOA) Academy this spring. Glendale residents and HOA community leaders will get answers from specialists in the field regarding local, state and federal laws and HOA procedural best practices.

In an effort to provide ongoing educational opportunities for residents, the city of Glendale will offer another informative Homeowners’ Association Academy this spring. The classes are aimed at providing useful tips to existing neighborhood HOA volunteers, residents and board members.

The fight over whether Ahwatukee Farms threatens Ahwatukee’s open space intensified last week as representatives of three homeowners association boards condemned the plan and the developer said it “subscribes to their vision” for the community. “We oppose the current development

The fight over pieces of valuable land in Laveen has had neighbors in the Cottonfields Community at odds with one another for years. The community shares land and rules with the Southern Ridge Golf Course. In 2011, the HOA board

Authorities have determined that a fire that ripped through a Gilbert condominium complex was “incendiary,” or intentionally set, and a $30,000 reward has been posted for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the arsonist. The arson determination was

The new year brought the start of a new chapter for a neighborhood Little Free Library. “Good news, we get to keep it,” said Ashlee Jacobs, the neighborhood’s Little Free Library steward. The future of the chartered library was uncertain

A driveway basketball hoop is like a right of passage for a lot of kids, but for Kiven Head’s daughter, it’s a necessity. “We wanted to have something that she could practice on on a daily basis,” he says. For

She was a person that 30 condo owners trusted to rent out their condo as a vacation rental. For a while things were good and the homeowners received their money, then something changed with Brenda Sue Cann. Oro Valley Police

Carlyle Brown goes out on patrol in his Mesa neighborhood every chance he gets, looking for American flags that have seen better days. “When you see the flags out here flying, you can see they are ripped, slashes on them,

Last year, the Arizona Legislature passed a bill allowing homeowners’ associations to regulate Level II and III sex offenders living in their community. A Goodyear HOA voted this month to ban those sex offenders from living there. The Palm Valley

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